Showing posts with label double-stitched rectangle set. Show all posts
Showing posts with label double-stitched rectangle set. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 01, 2019

Peeking Santa and Rudolph

Hi! Janja is here to share with you my first cards for the upcoming Christmas season.


- CottageCutz dies: Peeking Santa & Reindeer, Snowglobe w/ Fawn, Circle Set, Stitched Circle Set, Double-Stitched Rectangle Set
- white card base: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
- patterned paper: 4.7 x 4.7" (12 x 12 cm)
- golden paper: 4.9 x 4.9" (12,4 x 12,4 cm)
- colored cardstock
- embossing folder - lumber and softly falling
- colored ink pads
- glossy accents
- double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads, glue

To start cut Santa Claus and reindeer out of colored cardstock. Also cut the bottom of the snow globe. I used brown cardstock and embossed it with an embossing folder - lumber.
Before we assemble all the pieces into a whole, additionally color them with colored ink pads, to obtain depth.



Trim the pattern paper and cut the circle with a die.


Attach the patterned paper with double-sided adhesive tape to the golden paper. Now cut out the circle again into the golden paper. Use a slightly smaller circle die.


For a snowy background, I used an embossing folder - softly falling.


Stamp a sentiment.


Now it's time to finish both cards.




Have a nice day.
Janja





 

Monday, April 30, 2018

Orchids for Mom

Hi, Lois here with some new dies to show you.   CottageCutz has a brand-new release of Mother's Day's dies -- words, flowers, and more.  They are currently 25% off, so you might want to check them out.  I featured one of the sets, Orchids, on my card today.

Again I used one of the old Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenges for my layout.


This is the card I created using that layout as a guide.



Orchids are such delicate-looking flowers, so I wanted my card to show that.  I took some vellum and colored it with a pink Copic marker before I cut the flowers.


Then I cut out the flower petals. I decided that one layer of the orchids needed to be darker, as shown in the packaging, so I colored them with a darker pink.   The rest of the pieces I cut from white cardstock.


I then colored the white pieces in appropriate colors and built my image.  You can see how the orchids have a delicate look.


I cut my cardstock and patterned paper as follows:

White cardstock for base - 8 1/2" x 11"
Pink cardstock - 4" x 5 1/4", 3 1/4" x 3 1/4", 3" x 4"
Patterned paper - 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

Using the 2nd largest Double-stitched Square die and the 2nd largest Double-stitched Rectangle die, I cut two smaller white panels.



Using the sketch challenge layout, I constructed my card base.


I then cut the Mom sentiment from pink cardstock using another one of the new dies.



I glued the sentiment at the corner where the star appears in the sketch and popped up the orchid with foam pop dots. I added a few soft green enamel dot stickers, and I was done. 


CottageCutz dies used on my card are:

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzorchids.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzdouble-stitchedsquaresetbasics.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzdouble-stitchedrectanglesetbasics.aspx




Monday, July 17, 2017

Wedding Diorama

Hi, Lois here with some exciting news.  Two  new die collections have just been released, and you can see them on the website.  The first collection is a series of wedding dies -- both elegant and whimsical.  The second collection contains nested shapes -- squares, circles, rectangles and ovals -- in both stitched and eyelet designs.  My card today was made using dies from both collections.  It is a diorama card.



To start my card I cut two panels of pink cardstock 4 1/4" x 9 1/2" and one panel of cream cardstock 4 1/4" x 7 1/2", as well as two pieces of wedding patterned paper  4" x 5 1/4" and one piece 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".


I scored the pink cardstock at 2" in from each side and the cream cardstock 1" in from each side.  Then I centered the patterned paper.  The 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece was adhered to the cream piece; the other two identical pieces were adhered to the pink pieces.


Fold on the score lines as follows:  one piece of pink and the one piece of cream were folded with the tabs going toward the back of the card; the other piece of pink has the tabs folded toward the front of the card.

Using the largest stitched scalloped rectangle die, I cut an opening in the front panel.  Using the second largest double-stitched rectangle die, I cut an opening in the center, cream panel.   I did not use these cut-out panels on my card, so I can save them for other projects where the stitching will then show. 


I then cut the bride and groom pieces from white, black and silver cardstock/paper.


I colored the skin and hair with markers . . .


. . . and constructed them on the back panel.


As I usually make up my designs as I go along, at this point I decided that I would probably need to embellish my card a bit; so I cut some additional die-cuts.


I had tried to cut the wedding bells from the same silver glittery paper I used to cut the background for the bridal gown, but the cuts were too intricate for that paper.  So I just cut it from silver paper and brushed some clear Wink of Stella over them to give them the same sparkly look.

Then I constructed my card.  I applied glue to the outsides of the tabs on the center panel and glued it to the tabs on the back panel.  I added the wedding bells and bow to the center panel.



Then I applied glue to the insides of the tabs on the front panel and completed the card.  I added the "celebrate" to the bottom of the front panel.


Here is a close-up looking into the card.


This card will lie flat for mailing; however, a custom-sized envelope will be necessary as the card measures 4 1/4" x 7 1/2" when it lies flat.

I decided  to make another, simple card using the cut-out portions from my diorama.  I cut another panel with the Nested Stitched Scallop Rectangle die to match the cut-out portion from the front of my first card.  After carefully removing the patterned paper from the pink panel, I adhered it to the black panel and mounted the smaller rectangle from the center panel on top.  Then I die-cut the Mr and Mrs sentiment and glued it to the front and added some red hearts (also from the Mr and Mrs die).  I adhered this to a white card base and added some light accents with a white gel pen.   Voila!  Another card!




CottageCutz dies used on this card are:

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzelegantbrideandgroom.aspx



http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzweddingbellswithbow.aspx




http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutznestedstitchedscalloprectangleset.aspx


http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzdouble-stitchedrectanglesetbasics.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzexpressionscelebrate.aspx


http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzmrandmrswithhearts.aspx


Tuesday, May 09, 2017

Baby Dolls

Hi, Janja here!

Today one birthday card for all the girls who like to play with dolls.



Supplies:
- CottageCutz dies: Baby Dolls, Baby Doll Girl Clothes, Double-Stitched Rectangle set, Rectangle set
- white scalloped card base: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
- patterned paper: 4.7 x 4.7" (12 x 12 cm)
- white and colored cardstock
- Distress inks: Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo, Hickory Smoke, Mowed Lawn

Cut out all the pieces that we need to put together four dolls. Distress the edges with Distress inks and assemble the dolls.



Now it's time for the most fun part - cutting out the clothes. This is the opportunity to use the remains of papers. 


I was so excited, that I cut out clothes for entire wardrobe :). 


Trim bright patterned paper two times. On the lower part create the lawn with a stencil and texture paste. Color it with the green Distress ink. Leave white the second sheet of paper. 
Cut out two rectangles with the largest die of both sets, and glue them together. Stamp two various sentiments. 


Place both patterned paper with adhesive tape on the card base. In the inside of the card add a larger rectangle and attach on it two little dolls.


Assemble the same front side of the card.

For more fun, we can finally add one or two dolls, and a variety of clothes. The girls can later dress up dolls themselves. 


 I hope you like it. Thank you for coming over and have a great day.